Giuseppe Mitri

Current academic position

• Associate professor in Planetary astrophysics, University G. d’Annunzio, Italy

Space missions involvement

• Co-Investigator: MARSIS radar sounder, ESA’s Mars Express (2019-ad oggi)
• Co-Investigator: MORE radio science experiment, ESA’s Bepi-Colombo (2019-ad oggi)
• Dawn-at-Ceres Guest Investigator: NASA’s Dawn (2015-2018)
• Co-Investigator: 3GM radio science experiment, ESA’s JUICE (2014-ad oggi)
• Co-Investigator: JANUS camera, ESA’s JUICE (2014-ad oggi)
• Co-Investigator: RIME radar sounder, ESA’s JUICE (2014-ad oggi)
• Cassini Participating Scientist: NASA/ESA/ASI’s Cassini-Huygens (2013-2017)

 Selected publications

• Mitri, G., Lunine, J. I., Mastrogiuseppe, M., Poggiali, V. 2019. Possible explosion crater origin of small lake basins with raised rims on Titan. Nature Geoscience. 12, no. 10: 791- 796.
• Griffith, C. A., Penteado, P. F., Turner, J. D., Neish, C. D., Mitri, G., Montiel, N. J., Schoenfeld, A., Lopes, R. M. C. 2019. A corridor of exposed ice-rich bedrock across Titan’s tropical region. Nature Astronomy 3, no. 7: 642-648.
• Mastrogiuseppe, M., Poggiali, V., Hayes, A. G., Lunine, J. I., Seu, R., Mitri, G., Lorenz, R. D. 2019. Deep and methane-rich lakes on Titan. Nature Astronomy. 3, no.: 535-542.
• Mitri G. et al. 2018. Explorer of Enceladus and Titan (E2T): Investigating ocean worlds' evolution and habitability in the solar system. Planetary and Space Science, vol. 155, p. 73-90.
• Mitri G. et al. 2014. Shape, topography, gravity anomalies and tidal deformation of Titan. Icarus, vol. 236, p. 169-177.
• Mastrogiuseppe M., Poggiali V., Hayes A., Lorenz R., Lunine J., Picardi G., Seu R., Flamini E., Mitri G., Notarnicola C., Paillou P., Zebker H. 2014. The bathymetry of a Titan sea. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 41, p. 1432-1437
• Mitri G, Showman A P, Lunine J I, Lopes R 2008. Resurfacing of Titan by Ammonia- Water Cryomagma. Icarus, vol. 196, p. 216-224.
• Mitri G, Showman A P 2008. A model for the temperature-dependence of tidal dissipation in convective plumes on icy satellites: Implications or Europa and Enceladus. Icarus, vol. 195, p. 758-764.
• Mitri G, Showman A P 2008. Thermal convection in ice-I shells of Titan and Enceladus. Icarus, vol. 193, p. 387-396.
• Mitri G, Showman A P, Lunine J I, Lorenz R D 2007. Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Icarus, vol. 186, p. 385-394.
• Mitri G, Showman A P 2005. Convective conductive transitions and sensitivity of a convecting ice shell to perturbations in heat flux and tidal-heating rate: Implications for Europa. Icarus, vol. 177, p. 447-460.